Dutch general election, 1971

28 April 1971

All 150 seats to the House of Representatives 76 seats were needed for a majority

Turnout	79.1%
	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Joop den Uyl	Gerard Veringa	Molly Geertsema
Party	PvdA	KVP	VVD
Leader since	1966	1971	1969
Last election	37 seats, 23.5%	42 seats, 26.5%	17 seats, 10.7%
Seats won	39	35	16
Seat change	2	7	1
Popular vote	1,552,276	1,380,539	653,092
Percentage	24.5%	21.8%	10.3%

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Leader	Barend Biesheuvel	Hans van Mierlo	Berend Jan Udink
Party	ARP	D66	CHU
Leader since	1963	1966	1970
Last election	15 seats, 9.9%	7 seats, 4.4%	10 seats, 6.3%
Seats won	13	11	7
Seat change	2	4	3
Popular vote	542,780	427,720	354,463
Percentage	8.5%	6.7%	4.4%

	Seventh party	Eighth party	Ninth party

Leader	Willem Drees, Jr.	Marcus Bakker	Hette Abma
Party	DS'70	CPN	SGP
Leader since	1971	1963	1971
Last election	First Election	5 seats, 3.6%	3 seats, 2.0%
Seats won	8	6	3
Seat change	8	1	0
Popular vote	336,282	246,299	148,282
Percentage	5.3%	3.8%	2.3%

Seats

Prime Minister before election

Piet de Jong
KVP

Prime Minister

Barend Biesheuvel
ARP

General elections were held in the Netherlands on 28 April 1971.^[1] The Labour Party emerged as the largest party, winning 39 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives.^[2] The election was the first without mandatory voting, causing a sharp fall in voter turnout, down to 79.1% from 94.9% at the 1967 elections.^[3] Barend Biesheuvel of the Anti Revolutionary Party became Prime Minister, leading the first Biesheuvel cabinet.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Labour Party	1,554,280	24.6	39	+2
Catholic People's Party	1,379,672	21.8	35	–7
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy	653,370	10.3	16	–1
Anti Revolutionary Party	542,742	8.6	13	–2
Democrats 1966	428,067	6.8	11	+4
Christian Historical Union	399,106	6.3	10	–2
Democratic Socialists '70	336,714	5.3	8	New
Communist Party of the Netherlands	246,569	3.9	6	+1
Reformed Political Party	148,192	2.3	3	0
Political Party of Radicals	116,049	1.8	2	New
Reformed Political League	101,790	1.6	2	+1
New Middle Party	95,706	1.5	2	New
Pacifist Socialist Party	90,738	1.4	2	–2
Farmers' Party	69,656	1.1	1	–6
General Elderly Party of the Netherlands	155,496	2.3	0	New
Elderly Party 65+			0	New
Elderly Party General Interest			0	New
Elderly and Labour Party			0	New
Binding Right			0	New
Democrats 2000			0	New
Kabouters			0	New
Rural Party for the Elderly			0	New
Van Velsen List			0	New
Netherlands Appeal			0	New
New Roman Party			0	New
Positive Social Democrats			0	New
Party of the Right			0	0
Stichting Gedupeerde Groepen 18+ t/m 65+			0	New
Invalid/blank votes	46,567	–	–	–
Total	6,364,719	100	150	0
Registered voters/turnout	8,048,726	79.1	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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